VUCast: Why terror helps win elections

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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP4 file: "Video @ Vanderbilt - Videos - VUCast: Why terror helps win elections." By Vanderbilt University. Amy Wolf hosts. Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt political science professor and author of "Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public," comments on the effect on U.S. elections of the populace's fear of terrorist attacks. Barb Cramer reports on research on genetic factors in Alzheimer's disease being done at the Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research, and tells the story of one Alzheimer's patient, Marlon Adams. Researcher Jonathan Haines and Adams' widow and daughter speak. Some statistics about Vanderbilt's new freshmen, the Class of 2013, are displayed. A newly published calendar featuring pictures from Vanderbilt's football past is featured.